AUDIO LIBRARY

June 30, 2000

• Kids in Summer: We ask parents what they do with their children in the summer. Steve then talks with Dr Bennett Leventhal, professor of Pediatric Psychiatry at the University of Chicago Hospitals and Sharon Bloyd Peshkin, editor of Chicago Parent Magazine.
  
• Letters: We share some listener comments.
  
• Requiem: Victoria Lautman talks with Kara Sutherland, exhibit creator Newseum about Requiem: By the Photographers Who Died in Vietnam & Indochina, a photo exhibit at the Chicago Historical Society.
  
• Seniors: World War II veteran Harvey Jacobs, of Northbrook, remembers his war experiences.
  
• Bob Wills Tribute: The Chicago Country Music Festival in Chicago this weekend honors the musical influence of Bob Wills and Steve talks with Charles Townsend, author of San Antonio Rose: The Life and Music of Bob Wills, about the life of Bob Wills and his swing music.

• Special Session: Illinois Public Radio political reporter, Bill Wheelhouse, has an update on the Illinois General Assembly's vote to temporarily repeal the Gas Tax.
  
• Gary, Indiana's Downtown: Gary's Mayor, Scott King, talks about his plans to redevelop the downtown.
  
• Lake County Transportation: Chris Snyder, deputy project manager, Lake County Transportation Improvement Project, talks with Steve about plans to alleviate traffic congestion.
  
• Taste of Chicago: Food contributor Steve Dolinsky and Steve Edwards sample some tastes from the upscale ethnic restaurants that will be joining the Taste of Chicago this year.
  
• Science in Space: Dr. Mae Jemison, first African-American female astronaut to travel into space, talks with Steve about her project to increase young people's interest in science.
  
• Historic Theaters: Steve talks with Richard Sklenar, executive director of the Theatre Historical Society of America about redevelopment of historic movie theaters.

• NBA Draft: Mike McGraw, sports writer for the Daily Herald talks with Richard about the Bulls' wish list.
  
• History of the NBA: Richard talks with Eldon Ham, author of the Playmasters: An Unauthorized History of the NBA, From Sellouts to Lockouts.
  
• Consumer Trends: Economics contributor Charlie Wheelan talks with Dr. Juliet B Schor.
  
• Ernest Dawkins: Richard talks with musician Ernest Dawkins about receiving the Meet The Composer Award, and about his work with children in the Englewood community.

• Palos Heights Mosque Controversy: WBEZ religion reporter, Jason DeRose reports a routine real estate transaction in suburban Palos Heights has turned into a major controversy between the city and the Muslim community.
  
• Arlington Race Course: Steve talks with Chris Fusco, political reporter for the Daily Herald about the purchase of the Arlington Race Course by Churchill Downs.
  
• Marion Jones: Ron Rapoport, sports columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times and sports contributor for NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday talks about his new book, See How She Runs: Marion Jones And the Making of a Champion.
  
• Lofts: Architecture contributor Ed Keegan talks with Steve about the huge number of new lofts downtown.
  
• Outsider: Writer John McGreevy reflects on what it's like to be the guy who doesn't belong.
  
• Music Reflections: WBEZ's Lisa Labuz laments her youthful love of music isn't following her into her adult years.

• PTA: The National meeting of the PTA is in Chicago, and we talk with Lois Jean White, immediate past president of the National PTA and Chair of the Urban initiatives committee; Virginia Markell, National PTA President; and William Ayers, distinguished professor of education, University of Illinois at Chicago and director of the Center for Youth and Society.
  
• ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: Peter Sagal, host of WBEZ'S and NPR'S Wait Wait Don't Tell Me talks with Charlie Pierce, WWDTM panelist and author of a memoir about Alzheimer's disease called Hard to Forget.
  
• Gas Additives: Julie Halpert of Great Lakes Radio Consortium reports on the Struggle to Ban M-T-B-E.
  
• Snow Palace: Steve talks with Chris Markil, Hanna Dworkin and Nick Bolling, members of Northern Illinois University Summer Nite Theater Troupe about their production of Snow Palace.

• TRAIN WHISTLES: Steve talks with Northbrook Village President Mark Damisch, about hearings in Washington D.C. about requiring trains to signal at every intersection.
  
• 31st ANNUAL GAY PRIDE CELEBRATION: Steve talks with Tracy Baim, publisher and managing editor of Outlines Weekly Newspaper, and Rich Pfeifer, coordinator of PRIDE Chicago about this weekends events.
  
• WEEKEND THEATER: Eight Forty-Eight Theater contributor Jonathan Abarbanel reviews No One As Nasty at the Victory Gardens; Joy of the Desolate at Apple Tree; and Endless Night and Day Light as part of the Pride 2000 series at the Bailiwick.
  
• CANS: Writer Jay Ferarri on the therapy of crushing cans.
  
• GRITS, GREENS, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN: Eight Forty-Eight food contributor Steve Dolinsky serves us some of this weekend's Soul Food Symposium with Bruce Craig, president of the Culinary Historians of Chicago and John Moullrie, owner of Louisiana Kitchen on North Halsted.
  
• ON RELIGION: We talk with various Chicagoans about the role religion plays in their lives.
  
• MIDWAY CHAPLAIN: Eight Forty-Eight heads to Midway Airport to talk with Airport Chaplain, Fr. George McKenna.
  
• THEATER SCENE: A scene from Missing Peace from the Ma'at Production Association of Afrikan Centered Theatre at Victory Gardens through June 25th.

• GAS PRICES SOAR: Steve talks with Lynn Sweet, Washington bureau chief for the Chicago Sun-Times about the political implications for current high gas prices.
  
• Steve continues the issue of gas prices and how it will effect our economy with William Strauss, Chief Economist, Federal Reserve Bank, Diane Swonk, chief economist of Bank One Corporation, and Paul Merrion, Washington editor, Crain's Chicago Magazine.
  
• HALF A HEART BOOK: Eight Forty-Eight contributor Barbara Ransby talks with Rosellen Brown is the author of Half A Heart.
  
• A NEW LOOK: Chicago writer Gail Isaacson on an image makeover.
  
• MELVIN TAYLOR: WBEZ Music host Niles Frantz talks with Blues musician Melvin Taylor.

• Faces of Aids: Victoria talks with Chicago Department of Public Health's assistant commissioner, Frank Oldham Jr., and Legislative Liaison, Tracy Fischman about this week's "Aids in the Heartland" conference in Chicago.
  
• New Philanthropy: Victoria talks with Kassie Davis, project director of the Greater Chicago Philanthropy Initiative.
  
• Pedro Perez-Sarduy: Eight Forty-Eight contributor Carlos Flores talks with author Pedro Perez-Sarduy about the politics of Afro-Cubans in Cuba and America. His new book, co-edited with Jean Stubbs, is called Afro-Cuba: An Anthology of Cuban Writing on Race, Politics and Culture.
  
• Skateboarding as Art: Eight Forty-Eight producer Gianofer Fields visits an interactive Simparch sculpture where skateboarders can roll free at the Hyde Park Art Center.

• Chicago City Plan Steering Committee: City of Chicago deputy commissioner for Strategic Planning, Patti Gallagher, talks with Steve about the formation of a Central Area Plan Steering Committee which will examine the area from the Stevenson Expressway north to Division Street.
  
• Lawnmower Expedition: Steve talks with Gary Hatter, who is riding a lawnmower across the United States to raise money for some necessary personal surgery.
  
• Strange Fruit: Eight Forty-Eight's Richard Steele talks with David Margolick, author of Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday, Café Society and an Early Cry for Civil Rights.
  
• Hubble Telescope Exhibit: Eight Forty-Eight's Victoria Lautman talks with Dr. Evelyn Gates, director of Astronomy at Adler Planetarium about the "Hubble Telescope Exhibit: New Views of the Universe", through September 5.

• Steve talks with Bruce DuMont as he celebrates his 20th year as host of the radio program Beyond the Beltway, heard on 890 AM in Chicago.
  
• Channel 7 sports broadcaster Marc Giangreco, on the current news in Chicago baseball.
  
• Writer Mike Houlihan on the White Sox/Cubs rivalry.
  
• Great Lakes Radio Consortium's, Mary Losure, reports on prescription and over the counter drugs possibly contaminating streams in 31 states, including Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan.
  
• Food contributor Steve Dolinsky, profiles Chef Ted Cizma of Cerace Restaurant on Randolph Street at the Aspen Food and Wine Classic.
  
• Chicago Tribune columnist, Mary Schmich reflects on summer in Chicago.

• Steve visits with Eight Forty-Eight contributor Carlos Flores, at a photo exhibit called "Thirty Years of the Puerto Rican Community" at The Humboldt Park Stables at Humboldt Park, Division and Sacramento.
  
• Execution Songs: Jon Langford, lead singer for the Pine Valley Cosmonauts, speaks with Steve about this weekends performance of songs about capital punishment.
  
• Bill Brickey, host and event's founder at The Old Town School of Folk Music and Dr. Charles Branham, historian and Museum Director of Education at DuSable Museum talk with Steve about Juneteenth.
  
• Writer Bennie Currie and his memories of his father.
  
• Juanita S Barton shares her story of growing up as an African American woman in Springfield in the early 20th Century.
  
• Film contributor Jonathan Miller on upcoming films: Chicken Run, The Time to Live, Time to Die, and Grass.

• Steve talks with Illinois Public Radio's Bill Wheelhouse about the Illinois Republicans meeting in Springfield this weekend.
• Steve talks with Jonathan Towers, executive producer of the A&E documentary Col. Robert McCormick, Press Baron produced by Tower Productions.
• WBEZ reporter Edie Rubinowitz reports how some prostitutes are transitioning to other ways of life.
• WBEZ producer Heidi Goldfein offers this essay about explaining death to her child.
• Richard Steele talks with Jerry Butler, 3rd District Commissioner, Cook County Board of Commissioners about his life as a musician and a politician.

• This segment examines the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) Month old labor strike: in part one we visit Tenner & Paskal Casting Agency; part two we speak with Tim Decker, a striking actor; part three we speak to Carrie Kaufman, publisher PerformInk, a resource magazine for the Theater Industry in Chicago, and Wayne Friedman, reporter Advertising Age.
• Eight Forty-Eight food contributor Steve Dolinsky, on a Mid Summer Night's Dinner at Lawry's The Prime Rib Restaurant.
• Words On Fire Steppenwolf Theater Company, directed by Eric Rosen, composed by Andre Pluess and Ben Sussman at Chicago Park District's Theater on the Lake series.
• Victoria Lautman talks with Michael Ondaatje (The English Patient), about his new book Anil's Ghost.

• Grading Chicago Public Schools with Dr. Cozette Buckney, chief education officer for the Chicago Public Schools, Linda Lenz, editor Catalyst, Wanda Hopkins, Parent Advocate, Parents United for Responsible Education, and Jackie Gallagher, assistant to the President of the Chicago Teacher's Union.
• Rita Coburn Whack talks with Jonetta Rose Barras, author of Whatever Happened to Daddy's Little Girl? The Impact of Fatherlessness on Black Women.
• Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Wendy Nelson reports on new concerns for water quality.

• Eight Forty-Eight looks at Chicago's role in technology with David Greising, Chicago Tribune business reporter, Edward Chandler, managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson Portage, Paul Rand, CEO of Corporation Technology Communications, and Ranjay Gulati, associate professor of Management and Organizations at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Business.
• Victoria Lautman talks with British artist, Cornelia Parker.
• Magnificent Obsession: True Stories of Recovery from Alcohol and Drug Addiction told by those Living the Experience, produced by Jim Nayder.

• We ask Chicagoans which they like better, the Northside or the Southside.
  
• Julia Keller, cultural critic for the Chicago Tribune and Laura Washington, editor and publisher for the Chicago Defender discuss that rivalry with Steve.
  
• Eight Forty-Eight economics contributor Charlie Wheelan talks with Scott Gordon, chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange about making the Merc publicly available.
• Theater contributor Jonathan Abarbanel gives us an idea of some of the shows we can see this weekend.
  
• Steve talks with Blues singer, Koko Taylor, who is the headliner Saturday Night at the 17th Annual Chicago Blues Festival.

• We head out to see what Chicagoans like to do with their summers.
• Jim Law, director of the Chicago Department of Special Events talks with Steve about the unusual events Chicago has planned for the summer.
  
• Writer Amy Krouse Rosenthal on riding a horse.
  
• WBEZ's Niles Frantz previews the 17th Annual Chicago Blues Festival in Grant Park this weekend.

• We update the License for Bribes investigation with David Schaper, WBEZ reporter, Gary Marx, Chicago Tribune reporter, and Cam Simpson, reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times.
• Richard Steele talks with John Hope Franklin, 2000 Harold Washington Literary Award Winner, historian, educator and author of From Slavery To Freedom: A History of African Americans.

• King Alexander, associate professor of Economics from the University of Illinois talks with Eight Forty-Eight Economics contributor, Charlie Wheelan about the increasing costs involved in college education.
• In our final Chicago Matters: Seeking Justice segment, independent producer Gary Covino, examines the political lives of Fred Hampton Sr. and Fred Hampton Jr. in the documentary, Father and Son: The Fred Hampton Stories.
• Ingrid Enriquez of Fox Waterway Agency talks with Steve about Flooding of the Fox River.

• Steve visits Motor Row on Chicago's southside with Lee Bey, architecture critic for the Chicago Sun-Times.
• Chris Hedges, reporter for the New York Times talks with Steve about the Big Apple's version of Cows on Parade.
• Theater contributor Jonathan Abarbanel talks about services for the arts with Howard Arnett, director of Legal Services for Lawyers for the Creative Arts, Cathy Barker, program manager of CPA's for the Public Interest, and Joan Gunsberg, executive director of the Arts and Business Council of Chicago.
• Victoria Lautman talks with Wilmette writer Abigail Foerstner about her book Picturing Utopia: Bertha Shambaugh and the Amana Photographs.

• We take a look at one community's response to gun violence, first with WBEZ reporter Edie Rubinowitz, then Victoria Lautman talks with Dr. Gary Slutkin, director of the Chicago Project for Violence Prevention and Fr. Tony Pizzo, pastor of St. Clare of Montefalco.
• Victoria talks with James Rondeau, associate curator of Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of Chicago about winning the design commission for the United States Pavilion exhibit at the 49th Venice Bianalli, in Italy.
• Lester Graham of the Great Lakes Radio Consortium looks at the increase of natural prairie grasses in suburban Illinois landscaping.
• We continue our occasional series about local a senior citizens, with a profile of Anne Retel.
• Eight Forty-Eight film contributor Jonathan Miller has reviews of movies coming to Chicago.

• Laura Washington has returned from Governor Ryan's trip to South Africa and talks with Steve about how this trip will effect Governor Ryan here in Illinois.
• In our final installment of Chicago Matters: Seeking Justice, Carol Ehlers gives us a personal essay of jury duty.
• Richard Steele talks with Jeffrey Bada, professor of Marine Chemistry at the University of California San Diego about The Spark of Life, Darwin and The Primeval Soup a book Bada co-wrote with Christopher Willis.
• WBEZ music host Niles Frantz talks with Mississippi Delta Blues musician Big Jack Johnson.
• Don Davis, Census coordinator for the City of Chicago talks with Steve about the city's effort to increase census participation.